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after the dredOge ' came up. with the folloAving resuit
Surface . . . . 20°- OC. 900 fathoms . . 4°-7C.
100 fathoms . . 17 • 0 1000 ii . . 4 • 0
200 . . . 13 • 9 1100 i i . . 3 • 5
300 )) . . . 1 1- 2 1200 a . . 3 - 0
too >) . . . 9 • 4 1300 ii . . 2 • 5
500 ii . . . 7 • 7 1400 . . 2 • 7
COO a . . . G • 8 1500 i) . . 2 • 0
700 ii . . . G • 0 2740 a . . 2 - 0
SOÜ )j . . . 5 • 2
On Sunday the 23rd Ave continued our course,
Fir,. 41.— Leda (sp.) (No 5.)
seven knots an hour ; the sky and the sea gloriously
briglit aud blue as ever. Several flying-fish were
observed, and many largo examples of Fhijsalia,
although there was a good deal of surface motion.
At 4 P.M. we shortened sail and sounded in 2,950
lathoms Avith the ‘ Hydra ’ machiue and 3 CAvt. The
chamber of the ‘ Hydra ’ contained a small quantity
of reddish ooze Avitli a few foraminifera. The corrected
temperature at 2,950 fathoms Avas 2° C.
The folloAving day we sounded in 2,750 fathoms,
and found the bottom still more unpromising. It
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